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3litrepete

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  1. Just been through this myself, East Kent told me their rubber fits both sizes, didn't buy off them because of that answer, I'd already bought a rear rubber from Escort-tec on Ebay & it fitted well, so spoke to him about the front, He said he's never had one returned but if it didn't fit, he refund me, Had to stretch the rubber onto the screen after soaking in warm soapy water for 30mins, I've never needed to use string & can usually get a screen in in 20 mins, This one was tight, took 2 hours, start at the bottom lip as the dash gets in the way, then the sides, then the top. I used string on this one, I've spoke to him since & passed on my comments & as he has them made, he's going to talk to the people who make them for him
  2. Been a while since updated this, Found more of the common tinworm lurking in the joint between roof pillar & rear quarter, also been munching on the window frame When I first built this, I knew it had had new arches, I had to replace the lower rear of the arch & join the inner to the outer, Its also had new sills, Had to weld in a new outrigger, & noticed the inner by the jacking point had been munched on, The rear 15" of outer sill was blistered so off came the paint to find 5 mm of filler blending the arch in, so off it all came, made it easy to repair the inner sill, hate welding upsidedown Repaired the inner sill today, just got to fabricate new section of sill & flat piece above it, still got the section of arch that was left over from before When I first built the car, I made a front spoiler for it, this got caught on a kerb so was removed, I fancied the Mk1 Capri RS one but the replicas seemed too flimsy so I looked elsewhere & came up with a Mk1 golf, Had to widen it a bit but its very sturdy
  3. I've let the new section of inner wing in, had to repair the section of wing rail on the new bit of inner wing, I screwed the outer wing on to get alignment & welded the headlamp plate in, have now welded the wing on apart from the section of the door post, got to take the door off to do that, Before I weld the valance on, The car has had a cold air feed to the carb fitted, I'm altering this, I'm fitting panels to the side of the rad which will create an airbox to house a K&N cone filter which will feed through a polished ally pipe to the carb, The panels will be screwed in for servicing, The headlamps are halogen so are wired through relays, these relays will also live in the boxes so they're protected from the weather
  4. Hi Kev. I've had the same in the past, As said, shaft cant go anywhere when fitted between pump & dizzy, Just got to remember theres no clip for the future if you pull dizzy out again, be ready to catch the shaft before it falls back in the hole
  5. Chopped the damaged panels off & trimmed the repair sections to fit, Tomorrow I will mostly be welding http://rs244.pbsrc.com/albums/gg17/3litrepete/Mk2%20V6/DSCN0012_zpssbppgfzb.jpg~c100
  6. Its already got a DI & 5speed courtesy of Maltese public transport, Its going to become a Dayvan/camper, Always liked the 70's custom vans so a few few custom touches too
  7. After Kev sold it after a couple of years, it was crashed into some railings, 3/4's of the outer wing & a section of inner wing were removed, then it was sold on & was going to be a mechanical donor, A chance phone call led me to go & look at it & I couldn't leave it there, Included were front panels to repair it, So its home to stay, I also have another project on the go so it wont be done straightaway, but it will be done
  8. Its back Its had a hard life
  9. The highest bidder was so close to the reserve but hasn't answered me, the runner up bidded the same amount, Now its back on, he has contacted me
  10. Thanks, I'll try to get along, have to be in my daily though,
  11. Hi Rod, Good to hear from you again, I spoke to you at Battlesbridge about it when I'd had it a year, I used to go to the meets at the Halfway house, Thanks for filling in some of its history, Unfortunately I just don't get the time to work on it now, I want to put my Blue 2 door saloon back on the road next year, I've got the 3.0S Capri back on the road, I'd like to see it finished as its very special, It deserves someone to finish it & enjoy what is a unique car
  12. Now on E-bay, item number: 141815023156
  13. Hi, No sorry, they were badly perished
  14. To be honest, I saw the same pic in the back of the mag that you did & then saw an estate on the back of a Transit at Battlesbridge & felt sorry for it so I bought it with the intention of 2 dooring it, Its only recently that I've seen your thread. Got to compliment you on your car, Looks awesome. Would be nice to see mine finished & parked next to yours
  15. I've got too many projects so have decided to sell my Mk2 2 door estate car, I've owned it around 3 years, I have rebuilt the front end sheetmetal. It has a pair of remanufactured front wings fitted, the inner wings are still shiny blue paint except for the turret tops that had rotted, I have rebuilt & strengthened them & set the struts to Capri geometry, tops moved back 25mm, It has 2.0 Capri struts fitted although there are no discs or calipers, It also has a 2.0 Capri modified crossmember fitted, 4 bolts each side, It has a 2.8i antiroll bar with poly bushes, the 2 rubbers in the pics are the old ones which I haven't got round to cutting off I have welded in a Capri gearbox tunnel as I was going to fit a 2.0 Zetec & 5 speed box The big change was converting it from 4 to 2 door, The 4 door posts were moved, modified & strengthened, this included hand forming the door shuts as 2 door shuts were not around at a reasonable price The rear inner arches have been rebuilt & then new outer arches fitted, also the lower corners have been rebuilt All the structural work is now done, it just needs some welds smoothing & some cosmetics, the rear valence needs a little bit of attention by the bumper mounts, The 2 doors also need a little bit of attention, I was going to do these last when I had used them to line everything up, I was going to fit a Sierra axle that's been narrowed to allow 7" slotmags to fit under the standard arches The frame is nowhere near ready & is bolted in so I can refit the original axle to move the car. I have the bonnet, needs a bit of work on the front edge but is better than some I've seen on E-bay, I have the rear seat & boot mat & some other interior but no front seats, I also have a front screen & 2 more tailgates, It is registered as a 1967 1500 in my name, I am looking at £1150 for it, a lot less than it owes me, When finished it will be very rare as Ford never made a 2 door estate & only a couple have been built, My number is 07765142423 if you want to ask any questions or view it, Thanks for looking
  16. I've got one from a Mk2, If you PM your address, I'll send it to you
  17. Not quite Cortina but I had a damaged 7.5 RS 4 spoke, so I made it into a clock for the living room
  18. Finally got some paint on the car yesterday, just got to buff the edges & put it back together
  19. Finally got some paint on the car yesterday, just got to buff the edges & put it back together
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